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Unusual Event: Uganda's Royal Ascot Goat Races
Aug 30th, 2012 at 4:00PM:
This weekend, Uganda will be hosting their Royal Ascot Goat Races. Held at the Speke Resort on the shores of Lake Victoria, this annual tradition has been going on since 1993. According to BBC Travel, it came to be when a local sailing club decided to put on a quirky fundraiser, borrowing inspiration from a Zimbabwe horse breeder who held a pig race in his garden for his birthday. The club ...
A Writer Returns To Uganda Without Ever Leaving
Apr 16th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
I'd been looking for an excuse to leave Kampala for a several weeks. After our guard stole my roommate's bankroll and the security company asked us to decide whether he should be fired or pistol-whipped -- we settled on the latter after both protesting and soliciting his input -- I'd been tasked with a story about health care that required me to loiter in a hospital where amputees dragged ...New travel philanthropy partnership helps children in Uganada, Africa, through their "$1 for the Future" campaign
Oct 22nd, 2011 at 10:00AM: Beginning this month, Marasa's Mweya Safari Lodge in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda, Africa, launched their "$1 For the Future" campaign in conjunction with USAID's Sustainable Tourism in the Albertine Rift Program (USAID-STAR) and the Uganda Community Tourism Association's Pearls of Uganda Program.
Guests who stay at the Mweya Safari Lodge are invited to donate $1 per day of their stay ...Top ten most crowded islands in the world
Jul 7th, 2011 at 12:30PM:
From an island microslum in Colombia to a haute enclave in central Paris, the ten most crowded islands in the world bear scant similarities in class or culture. In fact, every entry in the top ten comes from a different country. But being islands, each shares the common thread of scarcity - whether it be land, resources, or housing. In general, these islands are prophetical microcosms for an ...Cool cafe alert: Uganda, Jerusalem
Apr 20th, 2011 at 10:00AM:
Jerusalem is gloriously beautiful city. It is also an overwhelming place. One of the world's most important religious cities is the site of ongoing conflicts over land and territory. It is difficult to visit Jerusalem without considering these issues. Even a short visit to Jerusalem (especially one that includes Palestinian cities to the north and south of the city) compels visitors to think ...Uganda: the latest not so gay-friendly destination
Dec 21st, 2009 at 6:00PM: While every city council and national tourist board seems to know the equation gay + traveler = big bucks, the central African nation of Uganda wants none of it. A controversial bill may soon pass that would not only outlaw homosexuality, but would also impose the death penalty against certain "offenders" and make it criminal to not report known homosexuals.
Whence in Africa, most gay travelers ...Sustainble Farming Program in Uganda Offers Hope and Help
Aug 18th, 2009 at 2:30PM: Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP) in Uganda is well-known throughout the world as the home for nearly half of the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas. However, gorillas are no longer the only entity on Uganda's endangered list. Bwindi's local people have also felt the brunt of years of illegal logging and other activities which have slowly degraded the area. ...Chasing Gorillas in Rwanda
Mar 26th, 2009 at 8:01AM: There are many great destinations around the globe in which travelers can get up close and personal with animals in their natural habitat. You can travel to the Serengeti and take in the Great Migration or head to Northern Canada for an encounter with a polar bear. Make the journey to the Galapagos, and you'll get to see any number of unique creatures found no where else on Earth. Although there ...Update: new Canadian weighs 6 lbs and is Ugandan and (maybe) American
Jan 1st, 2009 at 4:00PM: The Canadian born on Northwest Airlines Flight 59 yesterday is the daughter of a Ugandan ... who is also a permanent resident of the United States. So, at least we know that the newly-minted citizen of our northern neighbor is not Dutch. Sasha, the newest NWA passenger, was delivered mid-flight by Dr. Natarajan Raman and Dr. Paresh Thakker. Raman is a radiation oncologist who hadn't delivered a ...Ebola Outbreak over in Uganda
Feb 25th, 2008 at 11:20AM: The Ugandan Ministry of Health declared their outbreak of Ebola Virus officially over on Februrary 20th. If anybody have seen the movie Outbreak, they will remember the first few scenes involving the Ebola Virus. This is one of those dark, scary viruses that has crawled out of the forests and has been wreaking havoc since 1976.
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever is spread through direct contact with body ...
